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Borobudur Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Borobudur, Indonesia
Nirvana
... the little sheltered garden and make friends with the latest addition to the hostel,. A Spanish guy from Madrid who had been over in Indonesia for around a month and was more than happy to off load all his travel trales to us as he had spent the last ...
Super Stupa
... have chosen the Manohara hotel for one reason only - it is located with incredible close proximity to the great Buddhist monument - Borobudur. This will provide us with valuable extra sleeping time tomorrow when we climb to the top of the temple for ...
potesila krompirjevo lakoto
Pozdrav! Ravno sem napisala spet eno daljse porocilo o najinem potoivanju pretekli teden, pa je racunalnik shodil. Ja, ta del pot boste pac izvedeli drugic, doma ob slikah. Sva pa se ziva - kljub potresom, cunamijem, vulkanom, poplavam, pticji ...
Journee temples: Borobudur, Prambanan...
... arrivons. Attendons l'ouverture des portes a six heures, avons droit a une boisson gratuite, donc je prends une bouteille d'eau. Borobudur a a peu pres 1200 ans et est le principal temple boudhiste d'Indonesie, et le plus beau avec Angkor Wat et Bagan ...
Hometown oh Hometown
Actually almost every years I visit this town. It is a small town, near Yogyakarta but It is in Central Java Province. and for the information, It's my mother hometown. I have the opportunity to visit and stay in this town cause I should have Hospitality ...
the temple
borobudur is not only the name of the town we are in but also of the Buddhist temple complex in town. this temple is 1200 years old. it is 35 meters tall and a perfect square on the base. it has 9 levels plus the stuppa at the top, representing the levels ...
Princess Diana lives on in Yogyakarta
... impressed than I was with the temples of Borobudur and Prambanan that I visited on a day trip from Yogyakarta today. We arrived at Borobudur, a huge Buddhist monument built in the 8th century, just as the sun was rising at 6am to see it in all its ...
Buddhistischer Tempel Borobudur
Wir machten uns mit oeffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln ins Oertchen Borobudur auf, in einem klassischen Ratterbus, der ueber die Doerfer fuhr. Es gab an der Strasse viele Steinmetzgeschaefte, die Statuen von Buddhas und auch hinduistischen Gottheiten ...
Borobudur
... but with a 04:00 start it offered enough time to have a wander around the town and have an early night. The drive into Borobudur was amazing. There is a main highway from Yogyakarta to Borobudur but as I was arriving from Gunung Merapi I spent a couple of ...
Borobudur, Java, Indonesia
... it. He was excellent, gave great explanations along with where to stand for the best photos!!!! I totally enjoyed Borobudur and was truely impressed with Borobudur Temple, originally built between 750 and 850 AD and is a Budhist temple. ...
Peaceful Bliss at the Borobudur Temple.
... recent journey, I have been able to visit two very large monumental temples here in Java, Indonesia; Prambanan, the largest Hindu temple outside of India and Borobudur, the Largest Buddhist temple in the world. As I visited these two amazing pieces ...
Stup(a)-endous
... wide valley surrounded by mountains and distant (and clearly active) volcanoes. Unlike Giza (the last remaining of the original Wonders), Borobudur is not hollow, rather it is built entirely covering a small hill. Nor is it intended as a tomb or a symbol ...
Faith...
"Follow your heart. Be true to yourself. Do what makes you happy. Be with who makes you smile. Laugh as much as you breathe. Love as long as you live. Say what you need to say. Offer a helping hand when you're ...
Driving to the Volcano
... a shower every 20 minutes or so, and a lunch stop at a diner where they managed a double, both the worst meal so far in Indonesia, and the most expensive. We eventually arrived in some unknown town where the driver told us all to get out, with no clue of ...
In 10 Etagen zur Erleuchtung
Waren mal wieder auf dem Weg zur Erleuchtung. Borubudur, buddhistischer Tempel aus dem 8. Jahrhundert im mittlerweile mehrheitlich islamischen Java. 10 Terrassen muss man sich hocharbeiten, von den unteren menschlichen Leidenschaften und Begierden über ...
Sunrise on top of Gunung Bromo
Up early again this morning, this time at 3.20am and feeling very groggy, to get into some hired cold weather gear and get into the back of a Landcruiser and drive to the very top of Mt Bromo to watch the sunrise. You'd think departing at 3.45am to watch ...
The chicken made Karen Carpenter look fat
... we are hoping for some luxury travel tomorrow. Fingers crossed they don’t serve the same chicken dishes in Bandung. We really enjoy Indonesia, it’s a great place to travel in, loads to do and see, and the most lovely people but as for food, ...
A day steeped in Hinduism.
Today we went back into Indonesian history to visit the World Heritage listed site of Borobudur. This is rated second only to Angkor Wat in terms of ancient Hindu temples. It was built in the 10th century and was rediscovered by Sir Thomas Raffles, ...
Borobudur, Java
We spent a couple of days at Borobudur. This is a well-restored Buddhist temple from the 9th century, when Buddhist and Hindu traditions tended to mix in this region. It's not as large as Angkor Wat (main temple) but its detailed carvings are ...
"Miss? We take picture with you?"
... head on over to attraction itself: Borobudur. Just kidding. Before we even set foot in the ancient temple, we were swarmed by Indonesia school children snapping pictures of us and giggling. It seemed like the main attraction at Borodudur was, in fact, not ...
Elefantes
Rita: Hoje fomos andar de elefante. Ficamos com duas meninas. A mãe e o Vasco ficaram num elefante com 14 anos e eu e o pai ficamos num elefante com 27 anos. Nós estivemos em cima dos elefantes meia ...
Enchanted Island
... meaning they are loved. This is along with the integrated spiritual side, the volcanic influences that dominate Indonesia, fantasy, devils, serpents and black-magic are all there. I loved the Puri Lukisan Museum in Ubud as ...
Jul 11, 2010
Iso temppeli
Välittömästi kun sain majapaikan Lotus kotimajoituksesta niin meni käymään temppelillä. Sää oli aurinkoinen joten keskipäivä ei ollut ihanteellinen aika temppeliin tutustumissa. Tulipahan käytyä todella suuressa saunassa (118m x 118m ...
To Borobudur and Yogya
... was that we could walk back to the hotel just a few hundred metres away, and have our breakfast after sunrise, with Borobudur as a backdrop. Really can't ask for more than that, especially when some friends in Singapore were running late for work at that ...
Ascension at Borobodur
Saturday 30 June Saturday morning time to pack the bags and make sure we didn't forget anything. As arranged by email, we were picked up by the driver of the Princess Manohara Hotel at 2 PM. After a drive of about an hour on scooter clogged main roads ...